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2004 Chapter 24


 

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Employment Relations Act 2004

2004 Chapter 24

 
 
 
CONTENTS

PART 1
UNION RECOGNITION
Section 
1Application for decision on whether proposed bargaining unit is appropriate
2Power of the CAC to end period for agreement on bargaining unit
3Duty of employer to supply information to union
4Determination of appropriate bargaining unit
5Union communications with workers after acceptance of application
6Circumstances in which the CAC must arrange a ballot
7Power of the CAC to extend notification period
8Postal votes for workers absent from ballot at workplace
9Additional duties on employers informed of ballots
10Unfair practices in relation to recognition ballots
11Application where agreement does not cover pay, hours and holidays
12Employer's notice to end bargaining arrangements
13Unfair practices in relation to derecognition ballots
14Appeals against demands for costs
15Power to amend Schedule A1 to the 1992 Act
16Means of communicating with workers
17Unfair practices: power to make provision about periods before notice of ballot
18Power to make provision about effect of amalgamations etc.
19Information about union membership and employment in bargaining unit
20"Pay" and other matters subject to collective bargaining
21Information required by ACAS for ballots and ascertaining union membership

PART 2
LAW RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL ACTION
22Information about employees to be balloted on industrial action
23Entitlement to vote in ballot on industrial action
24Inducement of members not accorded entitlement to vote
25Information about employees to be contained in notice of industrial action
26Dismissal where employees taking protected industrial action locked out
27Date of dismissal
28Dismissal after end of protected period

PART 3
RIGHTS OF TRADE UNION MEMBERS, WORKERS AND EMPLOYEES
Inducements and detriments in respect of membership etc. of independent trade union
29Inducements relating to union membership or activities
30Extension of protection against detriment for union membership etc.
31Detriment for use of union services or refusal of inducement
32Dismissal for use of union services or refusal of inducement

Exclusion and expulsion from trade unions
33Exclusion or expulsion from trade union attributable to conduct
34Applications no longer to be made to Employment Appeal Tribunal

Other rights of workers and employees
35Disapplication of qualifying period and upper age limit for unfair dismissal
36National security: powers of employment tribunals
37Role of companion at disciplinary or grievance hearing
38Extension of jurisdiction of Employment Appeal Tribunal
39Ways in which provision conferring rights on individuals may be made
40Protection of employees in respect of jury service
41Flexible working
42Information and consultation: Great Britain
43Information and consultation: Northern Ireland

PART 4
ENFORCEMENT OF MINIMUM WAGE LEGISLATION
44Information supplied by worker and employer
45Enforcement notices
46Withdrawal and replacement of, and appeals against, notices
47Enforcement officers for agricultural wages legislation

PART 5
THE CERTIFICATION OFFICER
48Striking out by Certification Officer of applications or complaints
49Restriction of proceedings orders: proceedings before Certification Officer
50Amalgamations: approval, listing and certification
51Restriction of grounds of appeal from Certification Officer

PART 6
MISCELLANEOUS
52Additional case in which election for president of union not required
53Removal of rule preventing appointment of body corporate as auditor
54Means of voting in ballots and elections
55Provision of money for trade union modernisation

PART 7
SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
56Meaning of "the 1992 Act"
57Minor and consequential amendments and repeals
58Corresponding provision for Northern Ireland
59Citation, commencement and extent
 

 
    Schedule 1-Minor and consequential amendments
    Schedule 2-Repeals
 


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